Shloka 42

Devanagari script

लोकानपश्यद्‌ गच्छन्तं जैगीषव्यं ततोडसित: । इसके बाद असितने गौओंके लोकमें जाकर जैगीषव्यको ब्रह्मसत्र करनेवालोंके लोकोंमें जाते देखा ।। त्रीललोकानपरान्‌ विप्रमुत्पतन्तं स्वतेजसा

Transliteration

lokān apaśyad gacchantaṃ jaigīṣavyaṃ tato 'sitaḥ | trīl lokān aparān vipram utpatantaṃ svatejasā ||

Translation

ویشَمپاین نے کہا—پھر اسِت نے جَیگیشویہ کو عوالم میں آگے بڑھتے دیکھا۔ اس نے اُس برہمن کو اپنے ہی تَیج (روحانی نور) کے زور سے تینوں جہانوں کو پار کر کے، اُن سے پرے بلند تر عوالم کی طرف پرواز کرتے دیکھا۔

Word by Word

लोकान्worlds

अपश्यत्saw

गच्छन्तम्going

जैगीषव्यम्Jaigīṣavya (proper name)

ततःthen/from there

असितःAsita (proper name)

त्रीलोकान्the three worlds

अपरान्other, further

विप्रम्the brahmin

उत्पतन्तम्leaping up, soaring

स्वतेजसाby his own radiance/energy

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Asita

Jaigīṣavya

the three worlds (trailokya)

higher worlds/realms of Vedic rite-performers (e.g., Brahma-satra performers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a Mahābhārata ethic of karmic causality: disciplined Vedic practice and ascetic radiance (tejas) are portrayed as generating spiritual merit that elevates one beyond ordinary cosmic limits, suggesting that inner power and righteous observance shape one’s posthumous destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Asita witnesses Jaigīṣavya progressing through realms: the brahmin is seen soaring by his own tejas beyond the three worlds into higher destinations associated with great Vedic ritualists (such as performers of Brahma-satra).